Tuesday, November 05, 2013

DOLLAH HEADS TO PDRM AND A HOST OF COACHING CHANGES IN M-LEAGUE

The
two coaches of the Malaysia Cup finalists – Dollah Salleh and Bojan Hodakare headed in different directions.

But
one thing is certain, they will not be coaching Pahang and Kelantan
respectively.

While
Dollah is headed to the Royal Malaysian Police, Bojan is headed to Penang, not
as their coach but moving his stuff to live there.

While
the move by Dollah to a lower division is indeed surprising, given that he is
also in the shortlist of coaches identified to take over the reins of the
national team from K. Rajagobal,

“Currently
I can safely say I will not be coaching in the M-League unless something
changes in the next few days. My ongoing negotiation is with a club from
Thailand,” said Bojan.

“At
the same time I am trying to complete my pro-license with the Croation FA and
have three more papers to complete. I want to use this break to do those
papers.

“Really
there is no rush to find a new coaching job as there are many things I need to
consider before signing on the dotted line.”

Dollah’s
move to PDRM has been speculated for quite sometime but it is his replacement,
Alan Davidson that raised eyebrows.

Allan
was a member of Pahang’s squad that won the double in 1992 and was speculated
to sign as the Technical Director with Zainal Abidin Hassan coaching the side.

What
makes things more interesting is T-Team’s reluctance to make a decision on just
who will lead them as they have within their radar the likes of Azrai Khor,
E.Elavarasan and Persib Bandung’s Dermawan.

While
the Super League has been the centre of focus for many years, it is the Premier
League that will boast of the who’s who of the coaching fraternity.

Felda
United have signed up Irfan Bakti, Negri Sembilan has roped in V. Sundramoorthy,
Kedah are looking at David Mitchell,Penang are on the verge of signing K. Devan while Perlis are still
hunting for a coach.

And
the signing of new coaches is not limited to just the Premier League as there
is plenty of movements in the Super League teams as well.

Newly
crowned Malaysia Cup champions are said to be in talks with Alan Davidson with
Selangor already having signed Mehmet Durokovic, Johor DT having confirmed
Ceaser Fernando Jimnez.